Vice President Mike Pence says that the United States will announce new “clear actions” against Venezuela on Monday, promising there will be “concrete steps” announced during his speech, related to attempted US imports of aid into Venezuela.
Officials are offering no specifics on what this is going to entail, but
there are several comments to this effect in the past couple of days.
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo had similarly promised to “take action”
against the Maduro government.
Pompeo says the US intends action against anyone who opposes “the
peaceful restoration of democracy in Venezuela,” by which of course he
means the installation of opposition leader Juan Guaido as president.
Officials were saying on Friday that the US was likely to soon announce a new round of sanctions against Venezuelans trying to force President Maduro from office, and it may be that the promised actions will simply be that.
US to Announce Concrete Steps Against Venezuela on Monday
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Jason Ditz is Senior Editor for Antiwar.com. He has 20 years of experience in foreign policy research and his work has appeared in The American Conservative, Responsible Statecraft, Forbes, Toronto Star, Minneapolis Star-Tribune, Providence Journal, Washington Times, and the Detroit Free Press.
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